Years ago, University of Nebraska Professor Pete Simi met and
interviewed a white power musician who had served in the military
specializing in psychological operations. On Sunday, it was that same
man — Wade Michael Page — who attacked a Sikh temple in Wisconsin
killing six worshippers. Page, who died following the attack from a
self-inflicted gunshot wound, was an Army veteran with a long
involvement in the neo-Nazi music scene. The military newspaper, Stars
and Stripes, reports Page was steeped in white supremacy during his Army
days and spouted his racist views on the job as a soldier. We speak to
Simi about Page’s politics, the white-power music scene and Page’s time
in the military. "[Page] started identifying with neo-Nazi beliefs
during his time in the military [through] individuals who were active
military personnel that were already involved in white supremacist
groups," Simi says. "At the time that I had met him, he felt like his
involvement in the [white power] music scene really gave him a lot of
purpose in terms of how he could contribute to the larger
white-supremacist movement. And in fact, that is what the [white power]
music scene does."
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Source: Democracy Now!
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